smithsonian libraries: unveiling a gem
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Unveiling a GemSmithsonian Libraries:
Martin R. KalfatovicAssociate Director
Twitter: @UDCMRK15 September 2016
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30 MILLION VISITORS EACH YEAR
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ENDANGERED SPECIES
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SMITHSONIAN LIBRARIES
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Smithsonian American Art Museum/National Portrait Gallery LibraryCooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design LibraryFreer and Sackler Galleries LibraryHirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden LibraryWarren M. Robbins Library, National Museum of African Art
Anacostia Community Museum LibraryNational Air and Space Museum LibraryNational Museum of African American History & Culture LibraryNational Museum of American History LibraryNational Postal Museum LibraryThe Vine Deloria, Jr. Library, National Museum of the American IndianSIL Research Annex
Botany and Horticulture LibraryJohn Wesley Powell Library of AnthropologyMuseum Support Center LibraryNational Museum of Natural History LibraryNational Zoological Park LibrarySmithsonian Environmental Research Center LibraryEarl Tupper Library, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Dibner Library of the History of Science and TechnologyJoseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History
History and Culture
Art and Design
Sciences
Special Collections
BRANCHES OF THE SMITHSONIAN LIBRARIES
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THE HEART OF THE SMITHSONIAN
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“…increase and diffusion…”
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“…for the increase and diffusion of knowledge…”
The Seal of the Smithsonian Institution
SMITHSONIAN MISSION
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“…shall fund, an appropriation, not exceeding an average of twenty-five thousand dollars annually, for the gradual formation of a Library composed of valuable works pertaining to all departments of human knowledge.”
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JOSEPH HENRYSecretary, 1846-1878
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CONTRIBUTIONS TO KNOWLEDGE SERIES
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CHARLES COFFIN JEWETTLibrarian & Assistant Secretary, 1848-1855
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EXCHANGE PUBLICATIONS ARRIVE AT SMITHSONIAN CASTLE
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SMITHSONIAN LIBRARY ROOM
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FIRE!
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The Fire at the Castle - 1865
The Fire at the Capitol - 1851
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SMITHSONIAN CASTLE after the fire
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SMITHSONIAN LIBRARY ROOM
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SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRDSecretary, 1878-1887
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S. DILLON RIPLEYSecretary, 1964-1984
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THE 21ST CENTURY LIBRARY
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Extraordinary Holdings
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NATURAL HISTORY
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AVIATION AND AERONAUTICS
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ANTHROPOLOGY
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AMERICAN PORTRAITURE
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EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN DESIGN
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AMERICAN, AFRICAN ART & CULTURE
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ASIAN ART
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TROPICAL BIOLOGY
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AMERICAN HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY
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DIBNER LIBRARY of the HISTORY OF SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY
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IN THE DIBNER LIBRARY STACKS
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GALILEO LETTERHEVELIUS, CELESTIAL MACHINES
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
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WORLDS FAIRS COLLECTION
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CRYSTAL PALACE EXHIBITION, LONDON, 1851
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IN THE STACKS, CULLMAN LIBRARY
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JOSEPH F. CULLMAN 3RD LIBRARY
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EARLY MUSEUMS
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TRADE LITERATURE COLLECTION
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A Move to Digital
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1 million web visitors9 million web content downloads
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Tell America’s Story
Spark Discovery
Inspire Lifelong Learning
Reach People Everywhere
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Questions?
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Advancing Knowledge at Home and Around the WorldDr. Nancy E. Gwinn, Director July 20, 2015
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Unveiling a GemSmithsonian Libraries:
Dr. Nancy E. Gwinn, Director
Richard Naples
And the rest of Smithsonian Libraries’
staff for assistance in this presentation
Thanks to: